| 单词 | driving force |
| 释义 | Example sentences from the Web for driving force
driving forceSEE SYNONYMS FOR driving force ON THESAURUS.COM The impetus, power, or energy behind something in motion, as in He was clearly the driving force in the new administration. This term transfers the force that sets in motion an engine or vehicle to other enterprises. Ralph Waldo Emerson was among the first to use it figuratively (English Traits, 1856): “The ability of its journals is the driving force.” Words nearby driving forcedriveway, driving, driving barrel, driving chain, driving dog, driving force, driving iron, driving licence, driving range, driving sail, driving time The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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